Bresaola with lemon and oregano

Bresaola with lemon and oregano | Meat Recipes
Bresaola with lemon and oregano | Meat Recipes

Bresaola with lemon and oregano

Bresaola is a type of air-dried beef from Valtellina, north Italy (Lombardy region). It’s made from the top round of beef, it’s very lean and ideal for “piatti freddi” (cold preparations). It is also ideal for those who want to taste cured meat without necessarily eating pork meat.
Usually, the bresaola thin slices are eaten with some drops of lemon, olive oil and a pinch of black pepper. Salt is optional, because it is already used during the bresaola curing process and you may not need it.
Here, I am presenting one of the simplest toppings for bresaola; however there are so many different variations on the theme nowadays, that I have lost the count. At the end of the recipe I will give you a couple of extra ideas about different toppings you can use and then it is up to you to decide.  
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 5 slices per person
Calories 650 kcal
Italian Apron
Serving bottles
Classic Italian Cooking

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Ingredients
 

  • Bresaola slices (5 to 7 slices per person)
  • 1 Lemon
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Dry oregano
  • Ground black pepper
  • Salt (optional)

Instructions

  • Lay the bresaola slices on the plate and squeeze one lemon wedge all over the slices.
    Bresaola with lemon and oregano | Meat Recipes
  • Drizzle with olive oil.
    Bresaola with lemon and oregano | Meat Recipes
  • Sprinkle with dry oregano.
    Bresaola with lemon and oregano | Meat Recipes
  • Add some freshly ground black pepper.
    Bresaola with lemon and oregano | Meat Recipes
  • Add a bit of salt, but don’t exaggerate because the bresaola is already salted.
    Bresaola with lemon and oregano | Meat Recipes
  • Finally, have some bread at hand and enjoy it as quick snack.
    Bresaola with lemon and oregano | Meat Recipes
  • As I said in the introduction, we can play  a lot with bresaola and make many different variations on the theme. Here, for example, I have wrapped some goat cheese with bresaola and, laid the wraps onto a rocket salad bed. Then drizzle with olive oil and season with ground pepper.
    Bresaola with lemon and oregano | Meat Recipes
  • Another idea is to lay the bresaola slices onto the plate, squeeze some lemon and then add rocket salad, Parmesan shavings and sliced button mushrooms. Then, again, drizzle with olive oil and season with ground pepper.
    Bresaola with lemon and oregano | Meat Recipes
Italian Apron
Serving bottles
Classic Italian Cooking

Nutrition

Calories: 650kcal
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By Federico

Federico Pezzaioli is an ex-badass Italian Paratrooper on a mission - to make creating delicious authentic Italian food really easy. He researches, writes and photographs each recipe with the same attention to detail he used to apply to packing his parachute.

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